Dated doesn't bother me one bit - big fan of acid house and the earlier, commercial side of progressive house y'see. As you say, FSOL are as well, at least on Dead Cities anyway (dunno if you've heard that We Have Explosive tune in the vid there as well? That mix was on the soundtrack for the Wipeout 2097 Playstation game - say it all really). It is still a great album, but Lifeforms and Accelerator have, to me at least, stood the test of time better.
MBM sound pretty decent as well. It's true that FSOL can be a bit more trancey and spacey, but they do have some properly groovalicious, slightly more mainstream-leaning tracks. They are mostly known for the more down-tempo/IDM kinda stuff though. As for their albums, I have at least one album covering the areas you mentioned, so it'll be good to expand a little more. Cheers for the recs.
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